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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Civatech Oncology, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Inventors:
Seth A. Hoedl, Somerville, MA (US);
Bruce Kitzman, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Civatech Oncology, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1001 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1023 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brachytherapy device includes a bioabsorbable support and a plurality of microcapsules on the support. Each of the plurality of the microcapsules includes a plurality of microspheres and a bioabsorbable microcapsule wall that encloses the plurality of microspheres. The plurality of microspheres includes radiation-emitting microspheres comprising a radioactive material, radio-opaque microspheres comprising a radio-opaque material or a combination thereof.